: to assist (someone who is acting or reciting) by suggesting or saying the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned : cue. The app prompted me for a password.

PROMPTING definition: 1. the act of trying to make someone say something: 2. the act of trying to make someone say…. Learn more.

prompting (ˈprɒmptɪŋ) n 1. the act of refreshing the memory of 2. the act of giving rise to by suggestion

If you respond to prompting, you do what someone encourages or reminds you to do. The team needed little prompting from their coach.

Definition of prompting noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. an act of persuading somebody to do something. He wrote the letter without further prompting. Never again would she …

to move or induce to action. What prompted you to say that? to occasion or incite; inspire. What prompted his resignation? to assist (a person speaking) by suggesting something to be said. It's …

performed at once or without delay: a prompt reply. quick to act or respond: [be + ~] was prompt in answering our phone call. [~ + to + verb] They were prompt to deny the allegations. v. to cause …